Fr@ll1the~UNC CAMPUSES TARGETEDIN STATE'S MONEY TROUBLESState budget troubles have come to roost on UNC's campuses once again. In April, the leadership of theN.G Senate's higher education appropria-tions committee notified the UNC Sys-tem that it should plan for 7 percent cutsin its state appropriations as part of a $125million proposed reduction. The state isfacing a budget shortfall of more than$700 million.Carolina's share of the cuts would beabout $25.4 million, Chancellor Jan1.esMoeser told the University conmmnity inan e-mail April 19."If in1.plemented," Moeser wrote, "cutsof this proportion would irreparably dam-age the quality of the University. Thislevel of cuts could result in layoffs of fac-ulty and staff, elimination of essentialcourse sections and reduction ofimpor-tant services to the public. They wouldaffect every part of our teaching, researchand service mission."We cannot believe that the people ofNorth Carolina - three-quarters ofwhom supported the bond issue inNovember - desire to see their universi-ties suffer such a setback."System President Molly Broad haddire warnings about the reductions in anApril 12 letter to the legislative leadership."If this reduction were applied pro rata toour base of General Fund-supported posi-tions, the University would be forced toabolish more than 1,800 positions, includ-ing over 700 faculty positions, university-wide," Broad wrote.The UNC System already had agreedto give back $32 million - about 2 per-cent of its budget - in acknowledgementof the budget crisis."On the heels of the voters' over-whelming approval of the largest higher-education bond issue in history, we haveJOHN L. WHITE/THt Nsws & OOSEIlVERMarching for Minority RightsAn advertisement sent to college newspapers across the country by conser- vative writer David Horowitz titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea - and Racist Too" in early April set off one of themore prominent recent student protests. Sixty-five students met with newProvost Robert Shelton and demanded diversity training for all University staff,improved programs ofrecruitment and retention of minority students and fac-ulty, higher financial support for minority progran1.s, and better pay and condi-tions for campus housekeepers and groundskeepers. Shelton agreed the Office ofMinority Affairs should be beefed up and promised to do more to recruit minor-ity students and to increase their numbers in the student body. He would notagree with students who asked him to acknowledge that the University perpe-trates institutional racism. The Daily Tar Heel gave extensive coverage to thedebate over the ad after declining to publish the ad itself.a special obligation to provide the operat-ing support required to make the promiseof expanded University access a reality. Inshort, this is a time when we should beinvesting more in access to higher educa-tion, not slashing or severely limiting ourcampuses' ability to provide existing pro-grams."Broad told the legislators that she foundit "eAtremely difficult to believe" a $125million reduction would be necessary.This comes as the UNC System islooking for ways to pay for expectedenrollment increases at some campuses,including Chapel Hill - for which it hadrequested nearly $41 million in 2001-02